odd mail 0.O Created 16 years ago2008-10-28 07:47:22 UTC by Skals

lol ive just received this very odd mail:

"
Dear Sir / Madam,

I am a marketing adviser at 42ads.com and I have some customers that would like to advertise on twhl.co.za.

We are willing to propose a fixed monthly payment for placing our customers' advertisements on your site. The payment will be done 3 months in advance.

42ads.com is currently running a special promotional campaign for the benefit of some of our high profile customers. As one of the leading media agencies we are looking for quality advertising space to fit our clients' needs.

Please contact me at frederique@42ads.com and I'll be glad to provide you with more details.

Best Regards,
Frederique Guillot
Marketing Adviser
frederique@42ads.com

To permanently delete yourself from our list, simply reply to this with a blank email and you will never receive any communication from us in the future.
"

i dont know what to think

Its because your email is on twhl website, without any protection ...

Yo Skals, you are not the only one who got an obvious scam PM, check the one I got about a month ago in my TWHL inbox:

FROM: STELLE KOMANA
ABIDJAN.IVORY COAST
WEST-AFRICA
TELEPHONE +22502366446
REPLY THROUGH THIS EMAIL : stelle378@yahoo.fr

DEAR ,ONE

I AM DEAF GIRL MY NAME IS STELLE KOMANA THE DAUGHTER OF LATE DR AND MRS ALFRED KOMANA, MY FAHTER WAS A VERY WEALTHY COCOA MERCHANT BASED IN ABIDJAN. THE ECONOMIC CAPITAL OF IVORY COAST BEFORE HE WAS POISONED TO DEATH BY HIS BUSINESS ASSOCIATES, ON ONE OF THEIR OUTING TO DISCUSS ON A BUSINESS DEAL. WHEN MY MOTHER DIED ON THE 5TH OCTOBER 2005. MY FATHER TOOK ME SO SPECIAL BECAUSE I AM MOTHERLESS.

BEFORE THE DEATH OF MY FATHER ON 29TH MARCH 2007 IN A PRIVATE HOSPITAL HERE IN ABIDJAN. HE SECRETLY CALLED ME ON HIS BEDSIDE AND TOLD ME THAT HE HAS A SUM OF US$12.500.000 (TWELVE MILLION FIVE HUNDRED THOUSAND, UNITED STATES DOLLARS) LEFT IN A LOCAL BANK HERE IN ABIDJAN.

HE ALSO EXPLAINED TO ME THAT IT WAS BECAUSE OF THIS WEALTH THAT HE WAS POISONED BY HIS BUSINESS ASSOCIATES, THAT I SHOULD SEEK FOR A FOREIGN PARTNER IN A COUNTRY OF MY CHOICE WHERE I WILL TRANSFER THIS MONEY AND USE IT FOR INVESTMENT PURPOSE. (SUCH AS REAL ESTATE MANAGEMENT).

I AM HONOURABLY SEEKING YOUR ASSISTANCE IN THE
FOLLOWING WAYS :

TO PROVIDE A BANK ACCOUNT WHERE THIS MONEY WOULD BE TRANSFERED TO SERVE AS THE GUARDIAN OF THIS FUND AND MY YOUNGER BROTHER KEVIN IS 20 YEARS. TO MAKE ARRANGEMENT FOR US TO COME OVER TO YOUR COUNTRY TO FURTHER OUR EDUCATION AND TO SECURE A RESIDENTIAL PERMIT IN YOUR COUNTRY.

MOREOVER, I AM WILLING TO OFFER YOU 20% OF THE TOTAL SUM AS COMPENSATION FOR YOUR EFFORT INPUT AFTER THE SUCCESSFUL TRANSFER OF THIS FUND TO YOUR NOMINATED ACCOUNT OVERSEAS.

FURTHERMORE, YOU CAN INDICATE YOUR OPTION TOWARDS ASSISTING ME AS I BELIEVE THAT THIS TRANSACTION WOULD BE CONCLUDED WITHIN SEVEN (7) DAYS YOU SIGNIFY INTEREST TO ASSIST ME.

ANTICIPATING TO HEAR FROM YOU SOON.AND PLEASE DO HURRY TO ASSIST US OUT HERE NOW THAT THIS COUNTRY IS IN POLITICAL CHOAS ,WE URGENTLY NEEDS YOUR KIND ATTENTION. CALL KEVIN +22502366446 REPLY THROUGH THIS EMAIL : stelle378@yahoo.fr

THANKS AND GOD BLESS
STELLE AND KEVIN

Notice how these "West African" jerk-wads use a French Yahoo (yahoo.fr) email account to send this bullshit, not to mention it's also all in capital letters. It's a classic "Nigerian Advance Fee Scheme", also known internationally as "4-1-9". Heck, even the NBC TV show Nightline had a few reports done on these guys and their tactics.

EDIT: Here's more info on this type of scam: http://www.scambusters.org/NigerianFee.html

haha so very fake.
yeah i watched this program on the tv, wich said most of the scams are commited in nigeria wtf

You should see the inbox of the e-mail address which I have put out on my TWHL account. Gee..

I don't use it anymore tho, but putting out the new one here would be rather stupid

Heck, even the NBC TV show Nightline had a few reports done on these guys and their tactics.

EDIT CORRECTION: Ooops, I goofed up on names here. Nightline is not on NBC, it's on CBS. The TV program that I meant was NBC's "Dateline". Now, both TV shows have coverd this story, but Dateline has done it more times.

hehe i better change the email address shown in my profile before its too late then. :>

edit: my new so called "email" adress is SkalsAteYourLeg@hotmail.com

You know, it just occurred to me that for who ever sent those scam PM's to our TWHL inboxes, needed to sign up on TWHL to do so. Now, if any of the admin people here in TWHL can some how track from which TWHL membership these scam messages were sent from, well, a good'ol banning should be slapped to these scammers ASAP.

how do you even know thats a scam letter anyway? -_- all they said is theyd like to advert stuff on our website and that if yes i should contact them. they never asked for any info or anything... ... ...

edit: my new so called "email" adress is SkalsAteYourLeg@hotmail.com

Very inspiring moment when you created it , was it ?

[EDIT] Think of the poor admins ! link

I think they get a lot of rubbish spam that way ...

lol probably. and that link is broken
btw, a little spam will do em no harm. little less slacking for once

The contact form sends PMs, not emails, so no spam, really.

I suppose I can view these scam offers as free comedy, because that's what they are, funny to read. I just can't see myself falling for this.

Every time I see things like this I wonder if the original creator just made a program with a set list of words that are spat out randomly onto the page. Its like they want them to be completely incoherent.

Write your email like this:
blabla (?)h.o.tma.i.l, com
No bots will detect that.

lol funny. ill stick with potatises email adress tho. (yes i know it. muaha, muahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahaha..ha...haaaaaa... :|)